There is little we know about the youth of Jan Žižka, a zeman from Trocnov, but these are characteristic findings. He is already entering history as a one-eyed man. The blindfold must have made him unmistakable even as a member of Matěj Vůdek’s retinue, which, either in the service of influential nobles or on its own, did criminal damage in the area of ​​southern Bohemia and western Moravia at the beginning of the 15th century.

It reads:
Jiří Valůšek

Prepared by:
Viktor Bezdíček

He wrote:
Petr Čornej

Dramaturgy:
Alena Blažejovská

Directed by:
Radim Nejlý

Premiere:
8. 10. 2024

The book was published in 2019 by the Paseka publishing house.

Žižka’s early crimes are beyond doubt, as is the regent’s amnesty he received.

In the following years, Žižka witnessed a wave of passions in Prague, which was caused by the rejection of the chalice by the Council of Constance and, above all, the condemnation of Jan Hus at the border in 1415.

Historian Petr Čornej asks himself what made the old warrior join the mob that carried out the defenestration in Nové Město and whose rebellion triggered the Hussite revolution. He finds the answer in Žižek’s past and in the old man’s need – according to the standards of the time – to embark on the path to salvation.

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Čornej accompanies readers and listeners through Žižek’s life from the Lapkov years through the first battles of Kališnica to his most famous years. It shows Žižka’s mind as a strategist and his cruel reckoning with opponents. It tells about the formative experiences of the warlord, such as the loss of sight at Rabí Castle in 1421.

The historian also describes how the Hussite movement split and how Žižka himself executed an unworthy Hussite priest with a mace. And he also quotes Žižka’s last words:

“That they may fear the dear God, and stand and defend faithfully the truth of God for eternal recompense.”

In 2020, Čornej’s book became the winner of the Litera category for educational literature in the Magnesia Litera competition, as well as the winner of the main Magnesia Litera Book of the Year prize.

We broadcast the reading on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the death of Jan Žižka, which falls on October 11, 2024.

That is why everybody who has been energetic thus far will obtain an annual award this yr as nicely. It is a good gesture that the pageant employees needs to pay tribute to all organizers and members of Czech movie golf equipment, a phenomenon that’s distinctive even on a European scale.

It will likely be celebrated in Uherské Hradiště. A robust line-up of world creators who’ve already been right here, however are comfortable to return, will come to the joint merenda. Particularly: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson from Iceland, Mohsen Makhmalbaf from Iran, Portuguese Pedro Costa, and two Britons: Peter Strickland and Sean Ellis. All of them will current their movies, in addition to the movie opus that every of them has nominated for a form of wild card, i.e. an image of world cinema essential to them for numerous causes. The South Moravian occasion thus guarantees a singular movie occasion.

Video of fiftieth Uherské Hradiště Summer time Movie College – official soundtrack

Prizes for Czech celebrities, one in all them sadly already posthumous

In fact, the summer season movie faculty may also be filled with well-known filmmakers from our pond. The award will go to Mr. Jiří Suchý and in memoriam Jan Kačer. There is no such thing as a want to speak about their which means. Suchý is a flexible persona whose tentacles powerfully embrace the sphere of movie, and Jan Kačer was one in all our most revered actors and administrators for a lot of a long time. Jiří Suchý will current, amongst different issues, his movie Strolling the Entrance or Cease Standing, an enthralling movie that was made “self-help” throughout covid in his house. It’s an initially conceived autobiography, via army regimes, troopers, garrisons, wars and different conflicts. By the best way – the well-known theater actor, singer-songwriter, artist and filmmaker is making ready a free sequel, the place he recapitulates his life via music. Jan Kačer was initially supposed to return to Uherské Hradiště, and in keeping with his daughter, he was trying ahead to coming right here, however sadly he left us in Might this yr. His daughter, actress Adéla Kubačáková, will obtain the award.

Not simply celebrations

Along with the celebrations, the viewers is not going to miss out on well-established and well-liked sections, and naturally not even on an ideal accompanying program. Within the Icon part this yr, Filmovka shall be dedicated to David Lynch, along with this, silent movies by the well-known Japanese director Yasujiro Ozuha with particular accompaniment, or the trilogy by the equally well-known Bengali artist Satyajit Raj from the Fifties may also shine. The festive opening of the pageant shall be offered by Šimon Holé’s new movie Hey, Welcome, adopted by Jiří Mádl’s Wave. Concert events by the bands Tata Bojs and Alois Göbel, and singer Jana Kirschner may also be distinctive.

And final however not least: Český rozhlas Vltava may also contribute with its (as all the time massive) little bit to the mill. He ready a number of packages for the Czech Radio tent, for instance, a dwell recording of this system Vizitka or listening to packages throughout the Vltava scheme. Come and try our radio kitchen!

He started with football, but eventually ended up with athletics. It was definitely a good choice, because he not only became the world record holder and Olympic champion, but also became the first to cross the magical threshold of nine thousand points. In the next installment of the Sports Stories podcast series, you will hear about the fate of decathlete Roman Šebrle. Excerpts from the book are read by David Novotný. The podcast was created in cooperation with the XYZ publishing house.

It reads:
David Novotny

Prepared by:
Zuzana Vlčková

He wrote:
Roman Smutný (Roman Šebrle)

Dramaturgy:
Zuzana Vlčková

Sound Master:
Tomáš Gsöllhofer

Directed by:
Josef Kačmarčík

Production:
Petra Kupcová, Sandra Baxová

The podcast was created in cooperation with the XYZ publishing house.

Series Stories of athletes offers short audio biographies of sports legends. Get to know with us important life and sports situations that influenced famous careers. All parts of the exclusive series are available on the website sport.radio a mujRozhlas.

The first part of our commemorative series takes you to the library in Vietnamská street in Ostrava-Porubá. The artist Jiří Dratva, who has long been inspired by Karel Kryl’s work, has prepared an exhibition in the library for his double anniversary. Actors Anna Cónová and Miroslav Rataj also remembered Karel Kryl among paintings and drawings.

Writer and screenwriter Milan Švihálek was born in 1944. Like Karel Kryl. Olomouc and Ostrava became fateful cities for both of them. They both celebrated their 23rd birthday together during a chance meeting in Olomouc. What was their next fateful, this time creative meeting in Ostrava?

Karel Kryl recorded songs for his debut album Bratříčka, závírej vratka in the verbal Režia 2 in our Ostrava radio station. He wrote the famous protest song out of concern for the life of his younger brother Jan, who was in the army in August 1968. We talked with little brother Jan and his wife Vlasta in the third part of our memorial series.

Do you know how far it was for Karel Kryl from the Ostrava radio station to the daily bar Waldemar? 55 steps. On Good Friday, film and theater actor Přemysl Bureš prepared a program in honor of Karel Kryl Thank you in a legendary bar in Ostrava. You will hear what the atmosphere was like at the commemorative meeting, during which the artists went to the statue of Karel Kryl, in the 4th part of our commemorative series.

Together with Jiří Černý, “little brother” Jan Kryl, Vladimír Merta and Dagmar Andrtová-Voňková, we will follow in the Ostrava footsteps of Karel Kryl. In the documentary filmed in 2014, we will also offer you an archival recording of the Folkforum when Karel Kryl returned to Ostrava in December 1989, and an interview with him before the first free elections.

Karel Kryl’s performance on December 7, 1989 at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Ostrava|photo: Petr Berger, ČTK